ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds gathered in Downtown Orlando for Saturday morning’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade.
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Spectators lined the streets as elected officials, community groups, marching bands and vibrant floats made their way from the courthouse to Lake Eola Park.
Elan Jackson and her family were among the many spectators.
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She told Channel 9 that she and her young children attend the parade yearly alongside their grandfather, Jonathan Blount, an activist who marched in North Carolina during the civil rights era.
“For me, it’s a level of remembrance and a level of reverence for that period. Because of the rights we now enjoy, I helped to fight for them. And Dr. King represented the vanguard of that movement,” said Blount.
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The 2025 parade theme was “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365.”
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The city said the theme was “a call to action for each of us to remain united in the spirit of love and nonviolence as we continue to advocate for a just and equitable society.”
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